Officials unveiling the Alabama stamp are (left to right) Birmingham Postmaster Samuel Jaudon, Gov. Bob Riley, Montgomery Postmaster Teresa Welch, and Lee Sentell, director of Alabama Tourism. Office of the Governor, State of Alabama.

Now you can send your friends a taste of Alabama when you send that next letter (since handwritten notes still [...]

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Portico. Burton24/Flickr
And the candidates just keep on coming… In this special Friday before Election Day edition of last car, some info that you might be interested in…
Mitt Romney’s joined the candidate parade into Birmingham by announcing a visit on Monday. Hillary’s sending in her husband, the former president himself, tomorrow to Miles College’s campus beginning [...]

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7th Ave. Sunset.  briantmurphy/Flickr
The folks at Performa Entertainment Real Estate have decided on a name for the new entertainment district - The Forge. If you’re wondering why they chose it, check out the press release announcing it from earlier today.
Just when we were starting to know him, “family needs in Chicago” is taking Alabama Symphony [...]

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Blue Trail. Photo credit: freethehops/Flickr
Late last week Jim N’ Nick’s announced plans to move their headquarters from Homewood to Liberty Park. It sounds like Station 5 may be just what the fast-growing franchise needs to maintain their edge.
It looks like area fans are finally beginning to speak out about the city’s latest entry into the [...]

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Brother Bryan Five Points South. Photo credit: bhamjay/Flickr
We figure everyone’s getting ready to make a run to the grocery store for peanut butter and bread (we’ll never quite understand why those two items) as we brace for the chance of some (potential) snow accumulations tomorrow evening.
Since you’re going to be settled in early tomorrow evening, [...]

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Today pastors gathered in council chambers at Birmingham City Hall to learn more about the mayor’s plan for providing WiFi access via hotspots originating from area churches. The Birmingham News filed this report while Curtis over at Musings on Birmingham posted live from the meeting. Fox 6 has video.
The folks at The Phog Blog have [...]

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A holiday visit just wouldn’t be complete without a stop at Pete’s, even with the line. Photo credit: acnatta/Flickr.com.
First of all (just because we didn’t link to it yesterday), here’s Mickey Ferguson and Birmingham mayor Larry Langford getting down Wednesday morning on Fox 6.
The final totals from the first round of 23 in 23 were [...]

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